wildlife inventory and issues affecting kawaihae coral reef
History is about to repeat itself when the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division implements its 2035 Commercial Harbor Master Plan for Kawaihae Harbor shortly.
Kawaihae had a mile-long beach stretching from the north small boat harbor to the Heiau of Pu’ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site before dredging the reef and constructing the Kawaihae Harbor.… Read more “kawaihae will lose its beach again”
The owners of sailboat Hulakai successfully extricated it from the coral reef where it ran aground yesterday. However, there is extensive damage to the coral colonies in the boat’s paths as it foundered on the reef. Its broken mast and sail are still on the shallow reef this morning. The mast rests on live coral (plate and pillar coral), and if great care is not taken to remove it from entanglement, damage to these live coral colonies would be great.… Read more “Survey of Coral Damages by Hulakai's Grounding”
The image above shows silting caused by winter waves or leeching from newly formed land. Coral reefs in those areas are still mostly barren from porites or other hard coral.… Read more “archives”